Central Precinct (PDF, 14.8 MB) is located within the City of Sydney Local Government Area and its neighbouring suburbs are Surry Hills, Haymarket, Chippendale, Ultimo and Redfern. It is also close to well-known Sydney attractions such as Broadway, Central Park, World Square, Darling Harbour and the Goods Line.
Central Precinct will be a vibrant and exciting place that unites a world-class transport interchange with innovative and diverse businesses and high-quality public spaces. It will embrace design, sustainability and connectivity, celebrate its unique built form and social and cultural heritage and become a centre for the jobs of the future and economic growth.
Comprising land in and around Central Station transport interchange, Central Precinct will be a new destination for the local, metropolitan, regional and global community. It will draw on the character and significant heritage within Central Precinct and the surrounding suburbs to foster a unique and vibrant urban place.
Leveraging the convenience of existing and planned transport infrastructure and services, Central Precinct will revitalise southern Central Sydney to create a world class transport destination. It will improve connections to surrounding employment, education, health and cultural institutions, supporting the Camperdown-Ultimo Collaboration Area as well as ensuring accessibility for all and embracing future changes in mobility.
The focus will be on people with the enhancement of existing, and creation of new, public and community spaces which support a diverse range of uses and activities. Central Precinct will also be pedestrian friendly by being walkable, connected and safe. Central Precinct will foster the jobs of the future and economic growth through a new well-connected commercial hub for Sydney, helping to support new and emerging industries and providing employment space and supporting the establishment of the Tech Central (previously known as Sydney Innovation and Technology Precinct. Along with new entertainment, retail and dining, it will be activated day and night, promoting liveability and productivity
Driven by an acknowledgement of its significant cultural values, Central Precinct will be founded in its identity as the land of the Gadigal people. The Precinct will be embedded in the history of the area from the sand dunes and creek lines of the pre-contact landscape, to the consecration of the Devonshire Street Cemetery and the evolution of Central Railway Station.
The Government Architect NSW has been supporting the project team and the Department of Planning through a process of design review, design excellence and review of the framework, planning controls and design guide that will inform the built form of the precinct.